Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed out and frustrated every time you walk into your office? That’s no way to work! I’ve got 7 easy office decluttering tasks that you can tackle in your office and each one will take less than 10 minutes. Set the timer for 10 minutes every day and see what you can accomplish in just 7 days!
Office Decluttering Task #1: Recycle your phone books because you are now using google. This should take maybe 2 minutes, 1 to track them down, 1 minute to walk to the recycle bin, easy peasy!
Office Decluttering Task #2: Recycle or move software boxes to another location other than your immediate workspace.
Office Decluttering Task #3: Declutter your bulletin board. After a while we just tune out the ‘important’ stuff we placed on the bulletin board. Declutter by removing papers, schedules, cards and phone lists that are no longer relevant.
Office Decluttering Task #4: Remove garbage & dirty dishes. Gather up the coffee cups, plates and silverware that have gathered from lunch and get them outta there. Look around for wrappers, fast food containers and empty Starbuck’s cups and get them outta there!
Office Decluttering Task #5: Remove items that are not office related. Which of these don’t look like the other? Has your desk turned into a dumping ground for items that belong elsewhere? Gather toys, beauty supplies & small tools and return them to ‘elsewhere.’
Office Decluttering Task #6: Let go of extra office supplies. Do you have old binders, hanging file folders and 3 extra staplers? Maybe it’s time to dump them or donate them depending on their condition; don’t clutter your “prime real estate” with stuff you don’t use.
Office Decluttering Task #7: Minimize personal mementos. Now, I”m not saying you can’t display your pictures of your old Aunt Betty’s glamour shots, but do keep the volume down. Too many nick nacks, photos and cards on display make for a visually cluttered office. If you must keep them, put half away and switch them out by rotating every few months.
